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Food Additives, the Reading List Grows
If you already have a copy of Feed: Reading Lists for Those Who Eat, you can add the following titles: Farm City: The education of an urban farmer by Novella Carpenter (2010) Breaking Through Concrete: Building an urban farm revival by David Hanson (2012) White Truffles in Winter by N. M. Kilby (2011,…
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Know When to Hold ‘Em
Like Jupiter and Venus brightly aligned, my two face-to-face writing groups met yesterday, one in the morning and one in the evening. They are the yin and yang of my writing life. The morning group consists of five women who have been writing together every two weeks for several years. First we talk,…
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Speaking of Salons
A writers’ salon doesn’t have a thing to do with haircuts or dye jobs. It’s about conversation. A fairly controlled, albeit spontaneous conversation. I attended just such an event last evening in at a Barnes & Nobles in Westminster CO, sponsored and led by Lori DeBoer, who heads the Boulder Writers Workshop. A…
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Keeping Annie Alive
Despite being one of seven half-siblings, I am an only child. My family tree is unique. My father was an only child, despite being one of ten brothers–the rest being halves and steps. Who then cares about our pedigree? I do and one day one of the offspring of those half siblings may…
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Marco Pierre White, Wow!
If you don’t already, you should know about this man. He was the youngest chef to have received three coveted Michelin stars. He is the chef who gave them back. I would not want to work for this man, and fortunately, my plebeian cooking skills–oatmeal and salad–guarantee that I won’t ever do that.…
Karen Douglass, Author 